An aircraft takes off at Clark County Regional Airport while another sits in the foreground on the tarmac.

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The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the Court of Appeals ruling against Clark County in an eminent-domain case for airport expansion, meaning the county will have to pay more than $900,000 to the estate of a woman whose property was taken.

John Mead, the Salem attorney who has represented Margaret Dreyer and her heirs, said it has been the lengthiest of many eminent-domain cases he's worked as both a plaintiff's and defense attorney over five decades.

"I'm pleased for my clients that this matter is now going to come to a conclusion," Mead said, adding it was "very stressful" on both Dreyer ...